BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Eric Ginsburg
Chair
Eric Ginsburg is the immediate past Clerk of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, a Quaker lobbying organization in the public interest. Eric previously spent 35 years with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, serving as a senior policy advisor to EPA’s air pollution program. Eric holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, in Political Economy of Natural Resources and from the North Carolina Central University School of Law.
Erin Danford
Vice Chair, Treasurer
Erin Danford is vice chair of Kay Blada Recycling's board of directors and has been working with Blada since 2016, one of the organization's founding members. She holds a Masters of Environmental Governance from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently works in climate consulting at Perspectives Climate Group.
Johnson "Blada" Desauguste
President
Blada is the founder and president of Kay Blada Recycling. He grew up in Haiti and moved to the United States with his wife, where he founded Kay Blada from Snow Camp, North Carolina. He travels back and forth to Haiti several times throughout the year, managing the program from North Carolina with help from the board of directors and staff in Haiti.
Robin Serne
Secretary
Robin is a grant writer and holds a bachelor’s degree from UNC Asheville in Environmental Studies, Management and Policy. She has written and been awarded several grants, including a USDA grant for her previous farm, and more recently, several grants for a North Carolina wildlife shelter. Robin plans to study environmental conservation, grant writing, and non-profit management in graduate school and serves as KBR's secretary.
Lunide Sylne
Board Member
Jennifer Welborn
Board Member
Lunide is a biology major at UNC Chapel Hill. Lunide grew up in Haiti and is now studying in North Carolina. She is president of Kay Blada's student organization at UNC, and began serving as a board member in April 2018.
Laura McKelvey
Board Member
Laura holds a BS in Natural Resource Management from the University of the South and a Master in Environmental Management from Duke University. She spent 3 years in the Peace Corps working with upland slash and burn farmers, mitigating soil erosion and introducing integrated farming techniques. Since 1989 she has worked for the US EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, currently serving as a policy advisor.